Djokovic wins Australian Open title , breats Murray andy murray hopes to extend britain's 75-year grand slam drought against novak djokovic at the australian open on sunday , the first major final without rafael nadal or roger federer for three years.murray is aiming to become the first british man to win a grand slam since fred perry in 1936 , while serbian djokovic is favourite to claimed his second slam crown.the final will be only the second in 23 majors where both the sport's pre-eminent duo , nadal and federer , are missing , prompting talk of a changing of the guard . related articles 25 >>

Tunisians leader's brother-in-law seeks asylum in Canada the canadian government said the brother-in-law of ousted stunisian protesident zine el abidine ben ali has applied for refugee status in canadays , effectively blocking efforts to extradite him to the north african country . related articles 25 >>

Haas teleads at Torrey, Woods five adrift at Torrey PGA former world number one tiger woods launched his 2011 us pga tour campaign with a modest three-under par 69 on thursday in the first round of the farmers insurance open.woods , playing on the north course of torrey pines , had three birdies and no bogeys but couldn't build significant momentum on the course considered the easier of the two in use for the event.woods' effort left him five shots off the clubhouse lead held by south korean tour rookie kang sung-hoon , who carded an eight-under 64 on the north course . related articles 10 >>

Regime reacts to protests with internet blackout in the face of mounting political unrest , egypt took the unprecedented step of severing all internet connections and shutting down its cellphone services—with the cooperation of international firms . related articles 2 >>

Spanish jobless rate at 13-year high of 20.3pc unemployment in britain has surged by 49,000 to nearly 2.5 million , including one in every five young people - putting the number of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work at close to a million , the highest since records were first kept.. . related articles 8 >>

Samsung Elec's earnings record all-time high in 2010 samsung electronics reported fourth-quarter net profit of 3.42 trillion won , or $3.06 billion , a 12.5% increase from the year-ago period but the most difficult three months of a record-setting year for the company . related articles 4 >>

A cow most sacred the pentagon spends more in constant dollars than it did at any time during the cold war , yet while its budget has once again become a topic of conversation , americans should not confuse that talk with reality t the defense budget remains a sacred cow , around which has been built an impregnable protective shield t - andrew j bacevich (jan 28 , '11) related articles 1 >>